Augustus Thébaud

Augustus Thébaud (20 November 1807 – 17 December 1885) was a French Jesuit historian. Quotes It is not by a succession of periods of progress and decay only That nations manifest their life and individuality. Taking any one of them at any period of its existence, and comparing it with others, peculiarities immediately show themselves which give it a particular physiognomy whereby it may be at once distinguished from any other; so that, in those agglomerations of men which we call nations or races, we see the variety everywhere observable in Nature, the variety by which God manifests the infinite activity of his creative power. The Irish Race in the Past and the Present Quotes about Augustus Thébaud Father Thébaud was a man full of energy, even in old age, an untiring student, and well-informed scholar. Withal he was a most agreeable companion, witty and full of life, and universally beloved by his friends and his pupils. Charles George Herbermann, Augustus Thébaud (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia External links Category:1807 births Category:People from Nantes Category:Catholics from France Category:Clergy from France Category:Roman Catholic priests Category:Jesuits Category:Historians from France Category:1855 deaths Category:Educators from France